Form constructing and molding garment



Jan. 8, 1952 1, RQSNER FORM CONSTRICTING AND MOLDING GARMENT 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 Filed April 18, 1949 Inventor Irving Rosner @0162. WWW We Jan. 8, 1952 ROSNER FORM CONSTRICTING AND MOLDING GARMENT 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Filed April 18, 1949 In ventor Irving Rosner B] and M1 Patented Jan. 8, 1952 FORM CONSTRICTIN G AND MOLDIN GARMENT Irving Rosner, New York, N. Y., assignor to Even- Pul Foundations, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application April 18, 1949, Serial No. 88,192

1 Claim.

This invention relates to form constricting and molding garments, such as a combination girdle and brassire, a girdle, or a brassire having an under-breast control panel.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a garment of the above kind having an improved front control panel which secures a maximum lateral distribution of resilient and constrictive effort for the quantity of elastic material employed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a control panel which will provide an excellent local constrictive effect on the body while affording maximum comfort.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved garment of the above kind which comprises relatively few and simple parts and is economical to manufacture.

The exact nature of the present invention will become apparent from the following description when considered in connection with the accompaning drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view showing the outside of the front portion of a combined girdle and brassire embodying the present invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof showing the inside of said front portion;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 5 indicates a combined brassiere and girdle composed of a girdle section 6 and a brassire section 1, respectively having hose supporters 8 and shoulder straps 9. The girdle section 6 has a front control panel I comprising an outer layer I I and an inner layer I2. The outer layer includes a central downwardly tapered vertically extending area or strip of flexible inelastic material I3, such as plain woven cloth. The outer layer also has a narrow substantially straight inclined strip I of flexible elastic material stitched at one edge to each vertical edge of the inelastic area or strip I3, and an upwardly tapered vertically extending strip I6 of flexible inelastic material stitchedat one edge to the other or outer edge of each elastic strip IS. The other or outer edges of the strips I6 form the side edges of the outer layer II. The upper edge of the outer layer I I is stitched to the lower edge of the front portion of the brassire section I.

The inner layer I2 includes an upwardly tapered central vertically extending area or strip or inelastic flexible material I'I, narrow intermediate substantially straight and opposi ely inclined areas or strips I8 of flexible elastic material, and narrow side areas or strips I9 whose outer edges form the side edges of said inner layer. The layers are of similar width, and each side edge I9 of the inner layer is stitched to the matching or registered side edge I6 of the outer layer. The area or strip I1 is extended above the strips I 8 and I 9 and stitched at its upper edge to the lower edge of the front portion of the brassiere section I. Also, the lower edge of the inner layer terminates above the lower edge of the outer layer and the supporters 8 are attached to depending tabs 20 provided on the lower end and at the sides of strip II. Otherwise, the inner layer is free of connection with the outer layer.

The elastic strips I5 and I8 of the outer and inner layers are of substantially equal widths and each consists of a minor portion of its layer. Also, said strips are arranged so that each strip I5 is registered with a strip I8. However, the registered strips I5 and I8 of the layers are oppositely inclined so that they cross each other. This provides a wide distribution of the elastic and secures a maximum lateral distribution of resilient and constrictive effort for the quantity of elastic material used. As shown, the elastic areas I5 of the outer layer I I are disposed in downwardly converging relation and the elastic areas or strips I8 of the inner layer I2 are disposed in downwardly diverging relation.

From the foregoing description, it is believed that the construction and advantages of the present invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art. Modifications and changes in details of construction are contemplated, such as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a form constricting and molding garment, a front central panel comprising an inner layer and an outer layer superposed thereon, side edges of the two layers being stitched together, said outer layer comprising a central inelastic member having downwardly convergent lateral edges, a pair of relatively narrow elastic strips disposed in downwardly convergent relation and secured to the respective lateral edges of said central member, and a pair of inelastic side members having downwardly convergent inner side edges secured to the respective elastic strips, said inner layer comprising a central inelastic member having downwardly divergent lateral edges, a pair of relatively narrow elastic strips disposed in downwardly divergent relation and secured to the respective lateral edges of the last mentioned central member, and a pair of inelastic REFERENCES CITED slde members havmg downwardly d1vegent The following references are of record in the ner side edges secured to the last mentioned reme of this patent:

spective elastic strips, the upper edges of the central members of the layers being stitched to 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS gether, and the elastic strips of the inner layer N b N Dat extending obliquely across upper {portions of the 11710360 R se Apr. 23, 1929 respective elastic strips rof the outer layer. wh 1,720,482 Kops 1 July 9, 1929 by lower portions of the strips of the outer layer 99 7 9 Nickerson b 23, 1933 overlie lower portions of the central member of 1 273 Hennessy May 1 1933 the inner l y r- 2,405,'711 VRosner Aug. 13, 1946 2,418,242 Williams Apr. 1, 1947 IRVING ROSNER. 2,464,093 Lo Cascio Mar. 8, 1949 

